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June 2017 Sunset Advisory Commission
Management Action
3.3 The board should develop and implement a succession plan to prepare for impending
retirements.
With the expected turnover of top-level management positions, the board should implement a succession
plan no later than January 2017, before anticipated retirement-eligibility dates of key staff. As part of
the succession planning process, the board should identify key positions at risk of becoming vacant,
identify the skills needed to fill these vacancies, identify experienced and capable staff to fill vacancies,
and prepare staff to assume top-level management roles by providing additional training and development
opportunities.
Fiscal Implication
If the Legislature continues the current functions of the board, the agency's annual appropriation of $6.7
million would be required for its operation. This appropriation is entirely paid for by the licensing and
registration fees the agency collects. The state would also continue to receive approximately $4.2 million
from fees collected by the agency in excess of its appropriation. Applying the standard Sunset provision
relating to alternative rulemaking and dispute resolution would not have a fiscal impact. Preparing for
future staff needs is an essential agency function and should be handled with existing resources. In
addition, providing training, including internal training for positions at risk of becoming vacant, can be
accomplished within the agency's existing budget.
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1 The HenryJ. Kaiser Family Foundation, Prescription Drug Trends, Fact Sheet (Menlo Park, CA: The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation, May 2003).
2 Alexandra Sifferlin, "Americans Spent a Record Amount on Medicine in 2014," Time, April 14, 2015, http://time.com/3819889/
medicine-spending!.
3 Ibid.;The HenryJ. Kaiser Family Foundation, Retail Prescription Drugs Filled at Pharmacies (Annual Per Capita), accessed January 18,2016, http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/retail-rx-drugs-per-capita/.
4 "State Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies," National Conference of State Legislatures, last modified October 1, 2014, http://
www.ncsl.org/research/health/regulating-compounding-pharmacies.aspx; Jess Bidgood and Sabrina Tavernise, "Pharmacy Executives Face
Murder Charges in Meningitis Deaths," The New York Times, December 17, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/us/new-england-
compounding-center-steroid-meningitis-arrests.html.
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